The Faces of Trevor

Trevor is really getting into facial expressions. And is really tired of ALL of us being

in his face. He doesn't understand how entertaining he is but he will very SOON. And then we all will have to watch out because he is awful cute!

Cousins at Play

The boys haven't spent much time together since Christmas, so we got together for some Wednesday fun. But they are still BFF! The older boys weren't into the picture taking. Oh well, we all knew that would be coming.

Documentation of Papa Laughing!

It is rare to see Papa smiling, and to have a photo of him laughing is priceless.

I can not take credit for the photo. Jennifer had my camera ready when she thought

she might be able to get this priceless photo.

Noah's program

Noah had a music program. He did very well. It was the 3rd and 4th grade. He didn't have a speaking part, but he played the xylophone during 1 song. But he was sitting on the floor so it was hard to see him. As always it was an entertaining program. Great job Noah!

My birthday- 1week early

My birthday is next week and because of schedules we celebrated yesterday. Noah had a play and Mom, Dad, Andrew and Jennifer were at the house. I had to make my own bday dinner :(. Just kidding Mom. Mom brought the cake. Which Lucas pointed out that someone has to make me a cake for my bday, like I make his. LOL. He was a little distressed until he realized that Nana had made mine. Mom tried to try to make me 13 instead of 31. Definatley don't want to be a teenager again. Thanks Jennifer for taking pictures. I didn't realize you were using my camera.

Lucas lost his 1st tooth!

Lucas lost his 1st tooth. He is the youngest to have lost his 1st tooth. All of the other boys lost theirs in Kindergarten. My baby is growing up.

Happy New Year1

Happy New Year! The boys and I hung out w/my folks for most of the new year. It is nice having Dad home before he has to go back to Germany. It was nice to just hang out and relax w/the boys. I worked quite a lot the week before Christmas and the week of Christmas, so that I could take off work when I had the boys over the holidays. It was well worth being able to enjoy this days. We played on the wii and they did some sledding. They go back to school tomorrow. So then it is business as usual. Hope every enjoyed their holidays. I hope you all got to spend alot of time w/those you love. As that is the best present of all. Yeah 2008!

wii

Uncle Andrew and Uncle Fred set up the wii while dinner was being prepared. And they did actually let the little kids try first. Actually the big kids haven't really played much at all. But sharing between all the gran kids will create a challenge.

Christmas phase 2

The big surprise was everyone getting a wii. It is hard to see in the bottom picutre. But I think the big kids were the more excited than anyone about that surprise.

Christmas phase 2

All the big people + Trevor opened their stockings before the kids came up to open presents. It was definately the calm before the storm.

Sledding

Since we had a white Christmas, the kids enjoyed sledding before opening presents.

Christmas phase 1 Our Loot

Christmas phase 1

Christmas phase 1

It isn't Christmas without getting underwear!

The boys did get lots of stuff from their Christmas Wish List. Eli however wanted a cell phone and PSP. So he did not get the things he asked for but was happy with all of his presents.

Christmas

Merry Christmas! Christmas didn't come to my house until Dec 29th. Santa was good to us. Noah said "this was the BEST Christmas ever!!!!!" So I guess that raises the bar for next year. The boys and I enjoyed a good Christmas morning opening presents quickly to pack up and go to Nana and Papa's house to have part 2 of Christmas. I was able to get my step daughter Autumn for the afternoon so that was a real treat. Here are a few pictures for you to get the idea of how the day went. Hope all is well w/all of you.

Snow Day

The first snowday of the year.

Ice Storm

Here are some pictures from the recent ice storm. It is hard to see the icicles that are hanging from table. The kids that was cool. Since I had to drive to work in it, I didn't think it was very cool.

Before and After

Here is the before and after. And then the gingerbread boy cookies that distracted Lucas. Eli's is the top left, Lucas's the top right, and Noah's is the bottom. Mine was dropped on the floor and broke. Too bad :).

Gingerbread House

The boys got the annual gingerbread house decorated. This is the 5th year that we have done it, I think. The boys love it. And costco has a great and easy kit. Except I think that my house is so cold the icing would not stick to the house. So we use it more to "glue" each piece of candy. But Noah ended up taking over the icing, so I could finish getting the sugar cookie dough done. He was a big help. This year the kit included 4 gingerbread boy cookies ( much better than the 2 that were in last year- don't people have more than 2 kids!!!!), so Lucas got distracted by decorating his. So it was mainly decorated by Noah and Eli. Oh well, they all had fun, and didn't really fight. Yeah!

Christmas picture-in 1 shot

That's right. This was the only shot. A few goofey smiles, but I am not one to talk about that. I can still hear Dad complaining about my fake smiling in pictures when I was a kid. The at the very least look normal. If you squint. :)